By Le Figaro with AFP
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The former president must appear again on Wednesday in the defamation trial brought against him by Elizabeth Jean Carroll, 80, an author who has already had him convicted in 2023 for a sexual assault in the 90s.
After an initial triumphant success in Iowa and a vigorous visit to New Hampshire, Donald Trump continues to lead the campaign for the Republican nomination and his legal fight which brings him back to court in New York on Wednesday.
More than ever a favorite in the Republican Party primaries after flying over the Iowa caucus on Monday, the 77-year-old former president must appear again on Wednesday in the defamation lawsuit filed against him. Elizabeth Jean Carroll80 years old, an author who has already been convicted in 2023 for a sexual assault in the 90s.
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“Witch hunt”
The tribune and billionaire will then return during the day to New Hampshire, where he already went on Tuesday, to court voters in this state in the northeast of the United States where the Republican primaries will take place on January 23.
In fact, Donald Trump took a giant step towards a new duel in November with Joe Biden to capture the White House, after winning 98 of Iowa’s 99 constituencies on Monday, a vote which kicked off the Republican primaries.
With 51% of the vote, the former president largely outdistanced his two strongest contenders in this rural Midwestern state: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former American ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.
In New Hampshire, the Republican primary scheduled for January 23 will be open to voters who are not affiliated with either party, which could benefit a candidate perceived as more centrist such as Nikki Haley. “Nikki Haley is particularly counting on Democrats and liberals to infiltrate your Republican primaries“, Donald Trump snapped on stage on Tuesday.
“Mean attacks”
The fact remains that this campaign will not be easy for the big favorite. Indicted in four criminal cases, Donald Trump will, like Wednesday, have to juggle campaign meetings and legal meetings in the coming months. Although the prosecution against him puts him at risk of prison, it has not served him well in Iowa.
Targeted in total by at least six civil and criminal trials, the real estate mogul has so far transformed each of his indictments or appearances into a political platform, multiplying the virulent invectives against the justice system and the Democratic camp of President Joe Biden that he accuses of wanting to convict him to prevent him from winning the presidential election in November. The current president, whose campaign is struggling to take off, is counting on a pushback effect from his great Republican rival among independent voters, growing as the presidential election draws closer.
«We have to work even harder now. If Donald Trump is our opponent, we should expect petty attacks, endless lies and outrageous spending“, Joe Biden wrote Tuesday in an email seeking donations for a race for the White House that promises to break all financial records.
«I remain the only person to have beaten Donald Trump and I can’t wait to do it again», he again assured in a video published on X (formerly Twitter). The 81-year-old Democrat has little competition for his party’s nomination, which will be decided in August, despite the negative effect of his age among American voters.
The vast majority of voters in question say they do not want a new duel between the octogenarian president and his septuagenarian predecessor. But unless there is a huge surprise or serious health accident for one or the other between now and the fall, they will not escape it.
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